Innovation is key to country’s future
In Budget week, Jeremy Hunt and Rishi Sunak were rightly optimistic about the UK’s economic outlook, which has markedly…
Hopes rising of trade deal with US
Fresh from his triumph over Northern Ireland, Rishi Sunak has launched straight into delivering on another of the people’s…
Variety truly is spice of an MP’s life
One of the joys of being an MP is the variety that each day brings. One of the hardest…
Government so wrong on small boats
STOP the boats, stop the boats, stop the boats shouted Prime Minister Sunak and his henchman Home Secretary ‘Cruella’…
Almshouse future: Share your views
THE local matters on which I work or help vary so much. Whether it is highways, housing, education or…
Protestors not ‘naïve’ and ‘selfish’
I thank the letters correspondent J L Mulley from Sherborne – New Blackmore Vale, March 3 – who responded…
The harms of can’t-do government
What to make of Boris and his honours list? The act of a romantic, mad, bad Byronic hero or…
Danger of Aussie and Kiwi trade deals
SOME reflections on rural crime: first, in a spirit of genuine enquiry, a friend recently asked a local hunt…
A30 at Kitt Hill could be sorted soon
For a year now, the issues surrounding the A30 at Kitt Hill have been the bane of the lives…
‘Fighting spirit of Ukrainian troops on Salisbury Plain is remarkable’
Roads minister Richard Holden has written to me about his department’s north-south strategic study which is likely to report…